Are we falling for the myth of minority rule?

We are living in a time of contradictions.

For the last forty years, our politics and media have been dominated by neoliberal, right-wing voices — yet pundits insist that the UK is dominated by a woke, left-wing elite.

Our politicians claim to champion the voices of the forgotten working class — yet working-class people are not seeing better wages, housing or healthcare.

And the majority of people in this country are being screwed by the economic system — yet for some reason we seem unable to secure a better future for ourselves.

So where did it all go wrong? Are we really ruled over by a censorious woke mob? Or is it all a convenient story, to distract us from the real villains?

Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Ash Sarkar, journalist and author of Minority Rule: Adventures in the Culture War.

Music by A.A Aalto (available: freemu​si​carchive​.org)

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